Supervising the Network

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Creating Menus

Using the NMENU Commands

Menu programs use two types of commands: organizational and control. The

following sections describe these commands and their options.

NMENU Organizational Commands and Options

Organizational commands establish the content and organization of the

menus the user sees on the screen. Use these commands to determine what

the menus look like.

Table 6-1 gives an overview of the organizational commands. Detailed

information about each command follows the table.

Indicates a new window deﬁnition within your menu ﬁle.

Command Format

MENU menu_number,menu_name

Replace menu_number with the number you want to assign to this menu.

Menus are called and displayed by their number.

A menu number can be any number from 1 through 255. Each menu within a

source ﬁle must be assigned a unique number, but the number sequence

doesn’t matter.

Replace menu_name with the title you want to appear at the top of the menu.

Menu names can be a maximum of 40 characters long.

Table 6-1 NMENU Organizational Commands

Command Explanation

MENU Marks the beginning of a new menu or submenu screen in

the text.

ITEM Identiﬁes an item to be listed on the menu. Speciﬁes

execution parameters.